Armed with digital, film, and view cameras, 29 aspiring photographers knocked on the doors of small businesses offering to take portraits of their workers which included an impressively wide range of occupations such as mechanic, welder, office worker, jeweler, furniture maker, street food vendor, auto repair mechanic, baker, chef, artist, kitchen worker, tireman, and even photographer(!), among others.

Visit the exhibition of riveting portraits taken by LaGuardia Community College commercial photography students celebrating the working men and women of small businesses in Long Island City.